Individual Notes
Note for: Robert Sands, ABT 1855 - 6 JUN 1948
Index
Burial: Place: Invercargill Eastern Cemetery
Individual Note: Name of William Sands from George Keith Sands Family Tree
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George Keith Sands Family Tree had two son named Edward and James Sands have not added to tree as did not find Birth Registrations for them
Name of Robert Sands and Occ: Contractor from George Albert Edward Sands Marriage Certificate
*Marriage Details Date: 1879, Folio No: 3035, Names: Robert Sands and Mary Popenhagen - Date of Marriage 24/10/1879 from Marriage Registration*
- Could not see a Marriage Notice in the newspapers searchable on Paperspast
Wanganui Herald 24/10/1879
Petition to Parliament
The following petition is now being signed by discharged soldiers residing in this district who perfer a claim for land scrip:- To the Honble (sic), the House of Representatives, in Parliament assembled - The humble petition of the undersigned
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Robert Sands, Wanganui;
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Wanganui Herald 27/3/1884
Petition
The following petition is to be presented next session. This is the correct thing to do, for only by persistency will the attention of Parliament be drawn to claims:-
To the Honourable Gentlemen, Members of the House of Representatives of New Zealand.
We, the undersigned old soldiers of Her Majesty's Imperial Forces, residing in New Zealand, request that the Hon. Members of the House of Representatives will grant us our sixty acres of land, according to the law under which we were discharged. That we ask no favour, but merely our own, according to the letter of the law. Asking the Hon. Members now assembled to accede to our request, and your petitioners will ever pray.
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57th Regt.;
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Robert Sands,
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1893 Electoral Roll
Surname SANDS
Given Name Robert
Number 1871
Electorate Awarua
Voting Qualification Residential
Residential Address South Winton
Occupation Labourer
1893 Electoral Roll
Surname SANDS
Given Name Mary
Number 1870
Electorate Awarua
Voting Qualification Residential
Residential Address South Winton
Occupation Labourer
Otago Witness 20/2/1907
Fires
Invercargill, February 12
A house owned by Robert Sands at South Winton was completely burned early this morning. The insurances were 100 pounds on the furniture and 100 pounds on the house in the Royal Office
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*Death Details Date: 1948, Registration No: 1948/29900, Aged: 93 years, Name: Robert Sands, so born circa 1855 - Date of Death 6/6/1948 from Death Registration*
The Southland Times 7th June 1948
Sands - At Invercargill, on Sunday, June 6, 1948, Robert, beloved husband of the late Mary Sands; aged 94 years. A service will be held in our Chapel, 175 Spey Street, at 1.30 p.m., on Tuesday, June 8, the funeral leaving thereafter for the Eastern Cemetery. - Macdonald & Weston, Funeral Directors
Robert and Mary are both buried at Invercargill Eastern Cemetery in Block General XIII, Plot: 5a
+ also in the plot is John Henry (Jack) Sands
Individual Notes
Note for: Mary Ann Popenhagen, ABT 1861 - 5 MAY 1943
Index
Burial: Place: Invercargill Eastern Cemetery
Individual Note: Name of Ann Popenhagen from George Keith Sands Family Tree
Name of Mary Ann Sands nee Popenhagen from George Albert Edward Sands Marriage Certificate
*Marriage Details Date: 1879, Folio No: 3035, Names: Robert Sands and Mary Popenhagen - Date of Marriage 24/10/1879 from Marriage Registration*
- Could not see a Marriage Notice in the newspapers searchable on Paperspast
*Death Details Date: 1943, Registration No: 1943/30183, Aged: 82 years, Name: Mary Sands, so born circa 1861 - Date of Death 5/5/1943 from Death Registration*
The Southland Times 7th May 1943
Sands - At her residence, 184 George Street, Invercargill, on Wednesday, 5th May, 1943, Mary, beloved wife of Robert Sands; aged 82 years. The Funeral will leave the residence of her son-in-law, Mr G. W. Robb, 185 Catherine Street, at 1.30 p.m. on Saturday the 8th for the Eastern Cemetery. - Macdonald & Weston, Funeral Directors
Probate Mary Ann Sands, Place: Invercargill, Occ: Married Woman, AAOM 6030 9594, Filed: 26/5/1943, Will, Archives NZ, Wellington
Individual Notes
Note for: William Thomas Sands, ABT 1888 - 17 NOV 1955
Index
Burial: Place: Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill
Individual Note: Name of William from George Keith Sands Family Tree
*Birth Details Date: 1888, Registration No: 1888/11016, Name: William Thomas Sands, Father: Robert, Mother: Mary Anne (sic)*
NZ Gazette 1916 William Thomas Sands, Place: Winton, Occ: Shearer, Page: 3683, Military Call Up
Military Record show William Thomas Sands, WWI 39608 - Army 1914 - 1918
Agency: AABK, Series: 18805, Accession: W5550, Box: 113, Record: 101728 at Archives NZ, Wellington
*Marriage Details Date: 1917, Folio No: 1417, Names: William Thomas Sands and Constance Ryan, unsure if correct one?*
Probate Constance Gertrude Sands, Place: Invercargill, Occ: Married Woman, AAOM 6030 7868, Filed: 4/11/1942, Will, Archives NZ, Wellington
- unsure if correct one?
*Marriage Details Date: 1945, Folio No: 4098, Names: William Thomas Sands and Cordelia Rachel (sic) Reid*
*Death Details Date: 1955, Registration No: 1955/30110, Aged: 68 years, Name: William Thomas Sands, so born circa 1887 - Date of Death 17/11/1955 from Death Registration*
The Southland Times 19th November 1955
Sands - (Suddenly), on Thursday, November, 17, 1955, at his residence, Otatara, 39609 William Thomas Sands, 1st N.Z.E.F., beloved husband of Cordelia Sands and father of William (Invercargill) and Gordon (Wellington); aged 68 years. A service will be held in our Chapel, Kelvin Street, at 9.30 a.m. on Saturday, November 19, the funeral leaving at the conclusion for the Eastern Cemetery. - J. Fraser & Sons, Funeral Directors
William T Sands is buried at Invercargill Eastern Cemetery in Block Soldiers - Block 2, Plot 164
Southland Times 10th October 1973
Sands Cordelia Rachel (nee Reid) - On Thursday, October 18, 1973, at her residence, 297 St. Andrew Street, beloved mother of Henry, Herbert, Wilfred, Margaret (Christchurch), Alex (Christchurch) and James (Helensville), and loved Nana of all her grandchildren and great grandchildren; in her 94th year. A service will be held in our Chapel, cnr. Esk and Doon (sic) Streets, at 9.30 a.m. on Saturday, October 20, the funeral leaving at the conclusion for the Eastern Cemetery. - J. Fraser & Sons, Funeral Directors
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*1st Marriage for Cordelia Marriage Details Date: 1907, Folio No: 8060, Names: Henry Reid and Cordelia Rachel Bromley*
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Children mentioned in death notice from first Marriage
Probate Cordelia Rachael Sands, Place: Invercargill, Occ: Widow, DAFG 9069 D328 582/73, Filed: 11/12/1973, Will, Archives NZ, Dunedin